Yesterday I booked a taxi to take me to see one of the seven wonders of the world. The trip to Agra is 4 hours by road and my driver picked me up at 0600 for the journey. The hotel arranged the driver and it cost approx 50 pounds, not bad at all, especially when the tourist info place tried to charge me double that. Luckily the car had air conditioning as temperatures during the day reached 38 degrees, rather too warm for a delicate little flower like me! ...

OK, here I am in the capital at last. You will be pleased to hear that the train was 1000 times better than the bus! The carriage I was in had air conditioning and 3 beds, which pulled down from the walls. In my compartment was an Indian man and another was due to get on at a stop at 0800 the next day. We left Udaipur at 1800 and having been told that we would arrive in Delhi at 0600 the next day, was somewhat surprised to find that it was the slow train ...

Yesterday (3rd) Spent quiet day trying to settle my frazzled nerves after the mayhem of Mumbai and THAT bus trip. In the evening went to Bagore-ki-Haveli (haveli means traditional, ornately decorated residence), which was built in the 18th century on the water's edge. There I watched a traditional Rajasthani dance performance, including a dance with a woman with 9 pots on her hand, dancing on glass - they do like to see their women suffer! Today (4th) arra...

Firstly, let me apologise for same picture, but hoping to download some of my own in the next few days. Got up early today and left guest house at 0830 for a tour around the surrounding area. I had my own personal driver and for the whole day it only cost about a tenner. I made sure he didn't go too fast, after my previous experiences. We drove out into the countryside for about an hour, through villages and beautiful green hilly countryside. We arri...

Where to begin on the journey from hell! Tuesday 9am got taxi into central Mumbai to pick up bus to Udaipur, which left at 1130. I decided that as the trip was 16 hours I'd treat myself and book a double sleeper bed, grand total still only 20 quid. The bus did not have air conditioning, but I figured that over night with windows open, it would be fine. Two hours into trip and still in Mumbai, back near where I'd been staying. At this point I should have ...